CARBONACEOUS

carbonaceous, carbonous, carbonic, carboniferous

(adjective) relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

carbonaceous (comparative more carbonaceous, superlative most carbonaceous)

of, relating to, rich in, or yielding carbon, or a compound of carbon.

Source: Wiktionary


Car"bo*na`ceous, a.

Definition: Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 June 2024

INITIALISM

(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”


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